J. and A. Vignol (19th century) French School... - Lot 197 - Lynda Trouvé

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J. and A. Vignol (19th century) French School... - Lot 197 - Lynda Trouvé
J. and A. Vignol (19th century) French School of Travelling Painters of Indochina. Views of Tonkin (1888-1889). Bound in burgundy Italian-style semi leather binding, spine with a spine ribbed, containing a set of 31 watercolor illustrations of Tonkin glued on the pages of the album. All works are captioned and located. The dimensions of the drawings differ, but most of them measure 10x17 cm. The whole is preserved in its original case (24x31 cm). (Rubbing). With views of Along Bay, Hanoi, Hanoi Citadel (before its destruction the following year), Quambo dwellings, Bell Pagoda, Hanoi Small Lake, Lotus Pagoda, Viétri Point, Black River, Cho-Bo Rapids, Hue Road Covered Bridge, etc. We do not know the career of this artist, whose watercolour technique seems very mastered and meticulous, but the location of his illustrations allows us to imagine that these works were made on the spot, as part of military manoeuvres. Since the departure of the Navy painter, Gaston Roullet (1847-1925), who was present in Tonkin in 1885, there have been very few travelling artists in a country that was still largely unsubdued in 1888. Accompanying the army was then the only way to move safely in the uncontrolled areas of Tonkin. Very beautiful illustrated testimony of the North of Indochina at the end of the 19th century.
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